"The Java landscape is littered with libraries, tools, and specifications. What's been lacking is the expertise to fuse them into solutions to real-world problems. These patterns are the intellectual mortar for J2EE software construction."
--John Vlissides, co-author of Design Patterns, the "Gang of Four" book
"The authors of Core J2EE Patterns have harvested a really useful set of patterns. They show how to apply these patterns and how to refactor your system to take advantage of them. It's just like having a team of experts sitting at your side."
--Grady Booch, Chief Scientist, Rational Software Corporation
"The authors do a great job describing useful patterns for application architectures. The section on refactoring is worth the price of the entire book!"
--Craig McClanahan, Struts Lead Architect and Specification Lead for JavaServer Faces
"Core J2EE Patterns is the gospel that should accompany every J2EE application server...Built upon the in-the-trenches expertise of its veteran architect authors, this volume unites the platform's many technologies and APIs in a way that application architects can use, and provides insightful answers to the whys, whens, and hows of the J2EE platform."
--Sean Neville, JRun Enterprise Architect, Macromedia
Developers often confuse learning the technology with learning to design with the technology. In this book, senior architects from the Sun Java Center share their cumulative design experience on Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology.
The primary focus of the book is on patterns, best practices, design strategies, and proven solutions using the key J2EE technologies including JavaServer Pages(TM) (JSP(TM)), Servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans(TM) (EJB(TM)), and Java(TM) Message Service (JMS) APIs. The J2EE Pattern Catalog with 21 patterns and numerous strategies is presented to document and promote best practices for these technologies.
Core J2EE Patterns, Second Edition offers the following:
- J2EE Pattern Catalog with 21 patterns--fully revised and newly documented patterns providing proven solutions for enterprise applications
- Design strategies for the presentation tier, business tier, and integration tier
- Coverage of servlets, JSP, EJB, JMS, and Web Services
- J2EE technology bad practices
- Refactorings to improve existing designs using patterns
- Fully illustrated with UML diagrams
- Extensive sample code for patterns, strategies, and refactorings
DEEPAK ALUR is an Enterprise Java Architect with the Sun Java Center with over 14 years of experience. He remains focused on architecture, design, and implementation of large-scale Enterprise applications using Object-Oriented technologies, patterns, and Java and J2EE technologies.
JOHN CRUPI is a Distinguished Engineer and the Chief Java Architect of the Sun Java Center. He has over 17 years of experience in distributed object computing and remains focused on creating reusable, scalable J2EE architectures and bringing patterns to the next level.
DAN MALKS is a Principal Engineer with the Sun Java Center. He has over 16 years of experience and focuses on Object-Oriented technologies and their application within Enterprise and Web Services-based projects. His publications include industry periodicals and books on Java and J2EE technologies and patterns.
Table of Contents
Foreword Grady Booch.
Foreword Martin Fowler.
Preface.
I. PATTERNS AND J2EE.
1: Introduction.
2: Presentation Tier Design Considerations and Bad Practices.
3: Business Tier Design Considerations and Bad Practices.
4: J2EE Refactorings.
II. J2EE PATTERN CATALOG.
5: J2EE Patterns Overview.
6: Presentation Tier Patterns.
7: Business Tier Patterns.
8: Integration Tier Patterns.
Epilogue.
Bibliography.
The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
Index.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 4 Average Customer Rating: 
Mar 8, 2006 Anderson Ito from S. Paulo, Brazil
Great book!
For those building J2EE architectures and writing J2EE code, it is an essential book. Teaches how to start with J2EE with the right techniques. If you are developing applications with J2EE, it is a must-read.
Oct 7, 2005 Jeff Caswell - Cas-Tel Computer Consulting from Virginia
Buy It
If you don't already know all this by heart, buy this book. It is very well written and covers all the topics that are important for architecting J2EE systems. Besides being a little bit repetative, it was a pleasure to read and will be a great reference that I am sure I will use again and again.
Sep 6, 2004 Ayman Saleem from Palestine - Ramallah
One of the best book I've ever read in J2EE design
It is usual and common for IT people to read more than one book and to use many online resources when they are interested in learning new technologies or upgrading their knowledge with regard to a certain field.
Actually, my experience with J2EE technologies wasnt an exception; I have been reading many resources of J2EE design patterns, models, and best practices. This process becomes a headache each time a new technology or an upgrade is released especially because -usually- there is no one single reference that covers my interests.
However, this headache has converged to zero when I read this book Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies which provides many issues and details in one single suite and gathers all the new patterns more than any book in this filed could gather.
Apr 11, 2004 Deepak Verma from South Carolina USA
Great Book on J2EE Patterns
Overall Rating: Well done! This book will be a valuable teaching and reference tool. Teaching Value: Excellent! An essential book on this topic. Reference Value: A complete reference. I would not need any additional reference on this topic.
The primary focus of the book is on patterns, best practices, design strategies, and proven solutions using the key J2EE technologies including Java Server Pages (JSP), Servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and Java Message Service (JMS) APIs. Written from a programmer's perspective with extensive codes and fully illustrated with UML diagrams.
This book is fully revised and covers newly documented patterns providing proven solutions for enterprise applications. Material is presented in a logical progression so you can learn at your own pace. And yet there is depth in the book to make this a valuable resource for any professional who knows J2EE and wants to use J2EE to build web services.
The authors did a great job describing useful patterns for application architecture and design strategies for the presentation tier, business tier, and integration tier. The section on refactoring is worth reading. This book unites the platform's many technologies and APIs and provides insightful answers to whys, when and hows of the J2EE.
